Vincents



V. SPGAINES.

MECHANICAL TOY. APPLICATION FILEIi FEB. 1 ms.

1,315,108. Patented Sept. 2,1919.

Vrnennrs. eninns or WEBSTER enovns, MIssoiInI.

MEcHAnIcAt oy,

j .Specificatioh of Iiettei'siij'atent.

Application filed Februa 16, 1918.; Serial N o .i21'?,545.

able mechanical toy which will be durable in construction and which may be erated by unskilled persons. Another object of the invention is to provicle a mechanical toy made of few and sim ple parts and which may be folded so that it may be readily packed for distribution and adjusted for operation. i

Another object ofthe invention is to provide a mechanical toy including a load-receiving hopper, a movable member carrying load-receiving receptacles with automatic means for discharging the load from the readily ophopper into the receptacles, whereby the toy is operated automatically.

With the -foregoing and additional features and adnantages in View, I have produced the invention hereinafter disclosed, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the toy embodying the invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the toy taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig.3.

8 is an elevationof the toy set up for operation.

As illustrated in the clrawing the base or support for the toy includes a frainemember bent to form a horizontal leg 1 which is down-turned at its extremities forming feet 2. A support in the form ofjahorizontal leg 8 which is down-turned at its extremities to form feet 4: is centrally pivoted tothe leg 1 and secured in movable relation therewith by a rivet 5'sothatit maybe turned in par allel alinement withthe member 1-2when the toy is collapsed for packing purposes and adjusted at right angles thereto, as illus trated in the drawing, when the toy is to be supported upona horizontal surface:

Side standards 6 extend upwardlyfiom the extremities of the 2, being prefen ablly formed from the same strip of metal.

lhe side; standards 6 fiiicline inwardly their upper ends; being curved inwardly at], fromthe inner extremities of tvhijch they are u pturned forming fpar-allel sec- The. load receii ing hopper which is sup 'portcdhat thei1pper part of the frame "comprises a circular dish-shaped loadreceiying section 9 having an up-Qturned marginal flange 10. formed therewith. Iii'thje bottom ,wall of the section 9 9 is a spiral groove 11 which inclines downwardly afroin 1 its oilter end to the center of the men'iber 9,\whereat a rectangular o ening 12 is fo med. 1 "X frectangular chute 13 fcoininunicates with? the opening 12, being attached to the end face of the member 9" surrounding the opening12. In each of opposite walls of the chute 13 a pair or straps l4 areformed which fit over the extensions 8 of the standards thereby removably siipp'orting the hopperflthereon.

The:lower extreinityof the twowalls or the chute, at right angles to the walls in which the straps are formed, .arebent outwardly forming downwardly curved extensions 15 which. serve. guidesinconnection with discharging 3 the load from the hopper. At the bottom edge of each ottheside wallsof the chute, which are disposed at right angles to the walls havin the extensions 15, "are iii-turned lips: or anges 16 which incline downwardly to the center, therebeing an op r space 17 between the edges of the flanges on eachof the walls.

A leter 18 connected wlth a lever support 19 is mountedin the standards 6 by pivoting thereduced endsQO ofjjthefsupport 19 iii openings 21 through each of; thestand ards in? horizontal;alinen'ient. so thatfit will be, freely. movable beneath the hopper;

Atoiie end the let er 18 is up-turned asin dicated at 22, a counterweight 23 being held betweenthe upt lmea end 22 and the ad-' jacentfface of the lever. Near the opposite end of the lever*aiidfattached theretois a pair of load-receiving receptacles 24, said receptacles being mounted on eithersideof the axis of [the lever, Thereceptaclesfi t are op n at the top and have .1 "in-turned \Theletrer 18 as anjfxtension creased weight 23 and the arms oi the lever 18are so adjusted that normally, the end of the lever carrying the receptacles will be held in vertical position f'b'elOW the center of the chute of the hopper, in such position that the receptacles will be below the openings at the bottom of the chute formed between the inner edge of the extensions 15 and the flanges 16.

Attached to the base of the toy is an adjustable stop member composed of a. strip having a horizontal section 28'and an upwardly inclined extension 29 at each end. The stop member ispivoted'upon the rivet 5 so thatit'may be moved in parallel adjustment with the section 1, or'at right an les thereto as indicated in dottedlinesin ig. 2. When in dotted line positionthe finger 26, when the lever 18'is swung downwardly, will contact with the abutments 29 and be caused to returnwithout completing a full cycle of rotation. Whenthe stop device is adjusted, as shown in full lines in Fig.3, the leverf18 will be'free to revolve throughout a complete cycle thereby permittingaction of the lever to be modifiedin one operanon making a complete circle and: in the other operation having a reciprocating rotary motion. 7

I In the operation of the toy a plurality of spherical. objects 30, such as marbles, are placed in the groove 01 runway 11, being carried successively by gravity into the chute 13 0fthehopper. The lowerone' of the series of marbles is caught and retained in the lower partf of the chute 13v by the flanges 1 6, where it is supported. In initiating the operation of the toy aslight swing is imparted "to the lever 18, whereupon the i se If Gi Qh w S Wi rble ld n thei lower part of the chute and Lthereby ej ectedfromrthehopper, being guided by the extension 153mb one or the other ofthe receptacles 24, the flanges 25 preventing the overthrow of the; marble beyondthe edge of the'receptacle. 7 After single 'marbl'e has been receivedin one or the other of the receptacles 24, the lever 18 will" be carried downwardly and either complete a full cycle ofr otation or iber'eturned in its'path of movement, dependent upon the position of the stop member 2 8.29. As the lever is re turned; to] its startin point another'one of i the marbles will be e ected from the hopper in the one of the receptacles 24. that is in position to receive it; "After initiation; of theoperation, the operation of the toy will continue so long as any load remains in the hopper, the marblesbeing ejected successively from the hopperfinto the [recepmoles-24, froml which they are discharged as the upper end .ofthe lever reaches its downward positions 1 11am aware that the principlesof the in: vention may find embodiment .in modified structure, and I' donot limit myself there,-

fore to the exact construction shown and described, but what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame including a support for the toy, and standards in connection with the support, a hopper removably mounted upon the standards, a revoluble lever pivoted to swing in a complete cycle below the hopper and mounted in the standards, a receptacle attached to the lever adapted to receive a load from the hopper, a counterweight on the lever normally holding the receptacle in position to receive a load from the hopper, and means whereby a load is discharged from the hopper into the receptacle.

2. A mechanical toy, comp-rising a frame, a hopper mounted in the upper part of the frame, a revoluble lever mounted in the frame and arranged to make a complete revolution about its fulcrum, a load-receiving receptacle at one end of said lever, a counterweight at the other end of said lever, and'fmeans for discharging a load from the hopper into said receptacle whereby said lever iscaused to revolve on its pivot.

3. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame, a hopper supported in the upper part of said frame, a lever fulcrumed below said hopper and adapted to make a complete revolution about its fulcrum, receptacles attached to said lever and adapted to receive a load from the hopper, a counterweight for normally holding said receptacles in position toreceive a load from said hopper, and an escapement device for discharging a load from the hopper into said receptacles.

A. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame including members constituting a collapsible support for the frame and! standards, a hopper removably mounted on said standards, a lever carried by a pivot pin mounted in said standards, said lever being adapted to completely rotate about its pivot pin, receptacles carried near one end of said lever, a counterweight normally holding said lever in a position for the reception of a load from the hopper into the receptacle, an escapement device for automatically ejecting a load from the hopper, and means for guiding the load from the hopper into the receptacle.

5. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame, a hopper carried by the upper partof said frame having 'a'load-receiving member and a discharge chute, means for supporting a load in the form of spherical objects in the bottom of said discharge chute, a swinging leverpivoted below said discharge chute, receptacles carried by said lever at opposite sides of the axis thereof, a counterweight holding said receptacles in a position to receive a load from the discharge chute of the hopper, and a finger extending into said discharge chute and carried by said lever whereby the spherical objects constituting the load in the hop-per are discharged successively, one at a time, from the hopper and deposited in a receptacle.

6. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame,

a hopper mounted in said frame, a revoluble member pivoted in said frame, means for revolving said member by transferring a load from said hopper to said member, and an adjustable stop device for interrupting the rotation of said member.

7 A mechanical toy, comprising a frame, a hopper mounted at the top of said frame, a revoluble member mounted in said frame, a load-carrying receptacle attached to said member, and an escapement device for discharging an object from said hopper into said receptacle thereby causing said member to revolve, said escapement device being operable when the revoluble member is rotated in either direction.

8. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame including upright standards and an adjustable base, a hopper mounted at the top of said frame and provided with discharge openings at the bottom thereof, a rotating member mounted in said frame, a load-carrying receptacle, and a finger attached to said member at one side of the receptacle, said finger being adapted to project into the bottom of the hopper to eject a loadthereand an escapement for discharging an 0bject from said hopper into either one ofsaid receptacles.

10. A mechanical toy, comprising anupright support, a hopper mounted at the top of said support, a revoluble member mounted in said support and adapted to make a complete revolution, a load-carrying receptacle attached to said member, an escapement for discharging an ob ect from said hopper into :said receptacle, and a stop provided at the bottom of said support adapted to interrupt the cycle of movement of said revoluble member efiecting a reverse in the motion of said member after the load has been discharged from said receptacle.

1].. A mechanicaltoy, comprising a frame,

a hopper mounted at the top of said frame including an inclined runway adapted to receive a plurality of spherical ob ects, a

discharge chute in communication with said runway having means for supporting the tending at one side of the axis thereof, a

finger projecting above the receptacle and into said discharge chute, a counterweight on the opposite end of said swinging member normally holding said member in a position so that an object may be received from said discharge chute into said receptacle, and means for guiding an object from said discharge chute into said receptacle after said object has been moved from said discharge chute by said finger.

12. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame, a swingingmember mounted in said frame having load-receiving receptacles at opposite sides of its axis, a counterweight on the other'end of said member adapted to normally hold said receptacles in upright positions, a finger in connection with said member adapted to discharge objects from a hopper into said receptacles, a hopper at the upper part of said frame including a load-receivingsection and a discharge chute, there being openings at each side of said discharge chute, and supports for the objects fed from said hopper into said discharge chute below said openings.

13. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame, a swinging member mounted in said frame having load-receiving receptacles at opposite sides of its axis, a counterweight on the other end of said member adapted to normally hold said receptacles in upright positions, a finger in connection with said member adapted to discharge objects from a hopper into said receptacles, a hopper at the upper part of said frame including a load-receiving section and a discharge chute, there being openings at each side of said discharge chute, supports for the objects fed from said hopper into said discharge chute below said openings, and guide walls above said openings for guiding the objects from said discharge chute into said receptacles.

14:. A mechanical toy, comprising a frame, a hopper mounted at the top of said frame, a revoluble member mounted in said frame and having complete rotary motion, a load carrying receptacle attached to said member, an escapement device adapted to disthereof.

VINCENT S. GAINES.

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